Herman Düne

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Herman Düne

Herman Düne performing live at the "Festival Internacional de Benicàssim", on July 20th, 2007.
Background information
Origin Paris, France
Genre(s) Anti-folk, folk rock
Years active 1999–present
Label(s) Source, etc.
Everloving Records
Shrimper Records
The Track & Field Organisation
Website Official Site
Members
David-Ivar Herman Düne
Néman Herman Düne
Former members
André Herman Düne
Omé

Herman Düne is a French duo, formed in 1999. Originally a trio, the band now consists of David-Ivar Herman Düne (guitars and vocals) and Néman Herman Düne (drums and sometimes backing vocals). Néman, who is from Switzerland, replaced former drummer Omé in early 2001. On December 13, 2006, André Herman Düne played his last show with the band, and subsequently changed his name to Stanley Brinks. With Andre's departure, the umlaut was dropped from the name. The band are often joined by other musicians on live performances.

Some of Herman Düne's influences include: Leiber & Stoller, Chuck Berry, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Carole King.

Herman Düne have worked with several other bands and singers such as Turner Cody, Julie Doiron, Leah Hayes, Laura Hoch and the Wave Pictures.

In addition to the band's own albums, its members have worked on many side projects, some of which include Kungen, Ben Haschish, Ben Dope, John Trawlings, Fountain Boats, Satan's Fingers, and Fast Ganz. They have also played as the backing band for recordings by Julie Doiron (ex-Eric's Trip) and Kimya Dawson (ex-Moldy Peaches). Both André and David-Ivar have also released numerous solo CDs (mostly self-released CDRs). André and David-Ivar each contributed a song to the 2006 album by Françoiz Breut, Une Saison Volée. In 2006 he did a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon.

This song 'I Wish That I Could See You Soon' was #89 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[1]

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Turn Off The Light (2000, Prohibited Records)
  • They Go To The Woods (2001, Shrimper Records)
  • Switzerland Heritage (2001, Prohibited Records)
  • The Whys And The Hows of Herman Düne & Cerberus Shoal (2002, North East indie)
  • Mas Cambios (2003, The Track & Field Organisation)
  • Mash Concrete Metal Mushroom (2003, Shrimper Records)
  • Jackson Heights (2005, The Track & Field Organisation)
  • Not On Top (2005, The Track & Field Organisation)
  • Giant (2006, Source Etc.)
  • Next Year In Zion (Fall 2008, Source Etc., Everloving Records, Cityslang)

[edit] Singles

  • Money Makers On My Back (1997, self release)
  • Glow In The Dark EP (1998, Ruminance Records)
  • The Fire EP (2000, Prohibited Records)
  • Between The Little Houses (2001, Prohibited Records)
  • A Wiser Man (2004, Hype City Records)
  • I Wish That I Could See You Soon (2007, Source Etc.)
  • 1-2-3 / Apple Tree (2008, Everloving Records)
  • I Wish That I Could See You Soon (2008, Everloving Records)

[edit] Trivia

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  • The band is often mistaken as being Swedish, probably due to the fact that André and David have a Swedish mother. In an interview[2] in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet Néman says "The band is French." David continues: "Yes, the confusion about our origin is because people are good at making things up. And we have never fought the rumours. I lived in USA for a while, and all of a sudden the band was American."
  • The song "Smalltown Boy" (originally by Bronski Beat) is played in the UK series Skins. In the 9th episode of the 3rd season, called Katie and Emily.

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
  2. ^ Malmqvist, S: "Svenska Dagbladet", January 2, 2007
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